marick@m.cs.uiuc.edu (10/04/90)
Shewhart, Taguchi, Deming, Juran, and others taught us about statistical quality control for manufacturing. Who has tried to apply these ideas to software? Who has published? I have a vague recollection of a book by Chou -- does anyone remember the title? If you mail me citations, I will summarize. Thanks. Brian Marick Motorola @ University of Illinois marick@cs.uiuc.edu, uiucdcs!marick
marick@m.cs.uiuc.edu (10/11/90)
I asked: > Shewhart, Taguchi, Deming, Juran, and others taught us about > statistical quality control for manufacturing. Who has tried to apply > these ideas to software? Who has published? I have a vague > recollection of a book by Chou -- does anyone remember the title? Here are citations from the replies: > Cho, _Quality Programming: Developing and Testing Software with > Statistical Quality Control_. John Wiley 1987, ISBN 0 471-84899-9. > (1) Taguchi methods by T Bendell. In Proceedings of the First > European Conference on Taguchi Methods, 1988. > (2) The Cleanroom Software Development Process by M.Dyer. In > Measurement for Software Control Assurance. Elsevier Applied Science, 1990. > (3) Engineering Quality Software by David Smith. Elsevier Applied > Science, 1989. > Although not specifically aimed at software, the application of > Taguchi's Methods in > > "Quality Engineering Using Robust Design" > Madhav S. Phadke, Prentice-Hall, 1989. > ISBN 0-13-745167-9 > > has proved to be useful in constructing tools for testing > and measuring software. > Watts Humphrey, formerly of IBM, has written a book in the SEI > Addison-Wesley series "Managing the Software Process", 1989. > B. Curtis, H. Krasner, and N. Iscoe, > "A Field Study of the Software Design Process for Large Systems," > Communications of the ACM, Vol. 31, No. 11, November, 1988, pp. 1268-1287. > > R.B. Grady and D.L. Caswell, > SOFTWARE METRICS: ESTABLISHING A COMPANY-WIDE PROGRAM, > Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1987. > > W.S. Humphrey, > "Characterizing the Software Process," > IEEE Software, Vol. 5, No. 2, March, 1988, pp. 73-79. > > W.S. Humphrey, > MANAGING THE SOFTWARE PROCESS, > Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1989. > > W.S. Humphrey, > "Statistically Managing the Software Process," > Chance: New Directions for Statistics and Computing, > Vol. 2, No. 2, 1989, pp. 30-39. > > R.G. Mays, C.L. Jones, G.J. Holloway, and D.P. Studinski, > "Experiences with Defect Prevention," > IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1990, pp. 4-32. > > R. A. Radice, J. T. Harding, P. E. Munnis, and R. W. Phillips, > "A Programming Process Study," > IBM Systems Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 1985. > > R. A. Radice, N. K. Roth, A. C. O'Hara, Jr., and W. A. Ciarfella, > "A Programming Process Architecture," > IBM Systems Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 1985. > > R. A. Radice and R.W. Phillips, > SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: AN INDUSTRIAL APPROACH, VOLUME 1, > Simon & Schuster, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988. > > R.A. Veltre, > "Report on the SEI Affiliate Symposium Software Process Assessment Workshop," > Software Engineering Institute, Special Report, October 1987. > > W. S. Humphrey and D. H. Kitson, > "Preliminary Report on Conducting SEI-Assisted Assessments of > Software Engineering Capability", > Software Engineering Institute, CMU/SEI-87-TR-16, > DTIC Number ADA183429, July 1987. > > W. S. Humphrey and W. L. Sweet, > "A Method for Assessing the Software Engineering Capability of Contractors", > Software Engineering Institute, CMU/SEI-87-TR-23, > DTIC Number ADA187320, September 1987. > > W.S. Humphrey, D.H. Kitson, and T. Kasse, > "The State of Software Engineering Practice: A Preliminary Report," > Software Engineering Institute, CMU/SEI-89-TR-1, > DTIC Number ADA206573, February, 1989. > > W.S. Humphrey, > "CASE Planning and the Software Process," > Software Engineering Institute, CMU/SEI-89-TR-26, May, 1989. > > T.G. Olson, W.S. Humphrey, and D.H. Kitson, > "Conducting SEI-Assisted Software Process Assessments," > Software Engineering Institute, CMU/SEI-89-TR-7, February, 1989. > > I have read that Mills is releasing a book on [cleanroom] > fairly soon. Thanks to Larry Satz, Paul Davies, Phil Brown, "maa@sei.cmu.edu" (Mark Ardis?), Mark Paulk, Sharon Badian, and Sharon Mitchell. Brian Marick Motorola @ University of Illinois Email: marick@cs.uiuc.edu, uiucdcs!marick